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San Luis Obispo economy’s is seeing growth in the service and financial industries. Landmarks of interest in the area include the Madonna Inn, Fremont Theater and Palm Theatre which holds the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival. The Mission Plaza is another site of the town to host concerts and popular events such as the Festival Mosaic, and the Plein Air Festival. San Luis also has a Carnegie Library which is now home to the San Luis Obispo County Historical Museum. Another attraction is the development of Edna Valley into a well-known wine region extending north beyond Paso Robles and south to Santa Ynez. Just south of the city, people can spend an afternoon wine tasting several wineries in the area with a very short drive. More »

It used to be that hospitals billed Medicare for the services they provided, and Medicare – I know this is crazy! – simply paid the bills.

Those days are rapidly receding into history. Soon, a significant chunk of hospital revenue will be at risk, under a series of Medicare pay-for-performance programs. The idea behind P4P (as the cool read »

“I am a huge part of the problem with youth sports,” he says with what seems at first to be arrogance. “I’m a hell of a soccer coach, and all of you would want your kids to work with me, but you can’t afford me. I’m extremely expensive.”

Online and mobile shopping are expected to continue growing apace through the rest of the holiday season. Unfortunately, they’re not the only things on the rise: As chip-enabled cards have made brick-and-mortar shopping safer, fraudsters are increasingly targeting online stores. read »

Authenticity is often cited as an important trait for brands to communicate in their campaigns and social media use. But this one trait is not the sole one clients and brands should be focusing on expressing. Brands can benefit from highlighting everything from humor to empathy to innovation in their connections with audiences. Below, 10 Forbes read »

Schumer’s casting is indicative of the deeper problem at the heart of this movie: Sony’s desire to cash in on a globally recognised brand name while intrinsically disliking what that brand represents. read »

The next thing we could hear is that Fiat Chrysler isn’t going to advertise in the Super Bowl this year.

FCA stuck a finger in the eye of Detroit by confirming a report that, for the first time in seven years, neither the Chrysler “Imported From Detroit” brand nor any of its stablemates is going to launch a new vehicle model at read »

Most people hoping for a well-paid internship try their best to land something in tech. Silicon Valley is renowned for its well-paid internships but according to new data from CB Insights, finance will trump tech for internship compensation in 2017. Two Sigma investments, a hedge fund based in New York, offers its interns an average monthly base read »